Understanding Silicon Valley,9780804737333

Understanding Silicon Valley

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ISBN13: 9780804737333
ISBN10: 0804737339
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2000-08-01
Publisher(s): Stanford Univ Pr
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Summary

What has made Silicon Valley so productive of new technologies and new firms? How did its pioneering achievements begin? What propelled its unprecedented growth? Contributors from business, geography, history, regional planning, and sociology examine the history, development, and entrepreneurial dynamics of Silicon Valley.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
John Seely-Brown
Contributors xvii
Introduction
1(14)
MARTIN KENNEY
Part 1: History
How Silicon Valley Came to Be
15(33)
Timothy J. Sturgeon
The Biggest ``Angel'' of Them All: The Military and the Making of Silicon Valley
48(23)
Stuart W. Leslie
Part II: Institutions
Dealmakers and Counselors: Law Firms as Intermediaries in the Development of Silicon Valley
71(27)
Mark C. Suchman
Venture Capital in Silicon Valley: Fueling New Firm Formation
98(26)
Martin Kenney
Richard Florida
High-Technology Agglomeration and the Labor Market: The Case of Silicon Valley
124(17)
David P. Angel
The Origins and Dynamics of Production Networks in Silicon Valley
141(24)
Annalee Saxenian
Part III: General Explanations
Flexible Recycling and High-Technology Entrepreneurship
165(25)
Homa Bahrami
Stuart Evans
Social Capital and Capital Gains: An Examination of Social Capital in Silicon Valley
190(28)
Stephen S. Cohen
Gary Fields
Institutions and Economies: Creating Silicon Valley
218(23)
Martin Kenney
Urs Von Burg
Notes 241(12)
References 253(26)
Index 279

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